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Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 8 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 May 2009. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Thursday, 14 May 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Army: Parachuting

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of (a) 2 Para, (b) 3 Para, (c) 7 Para and (d) 9 Para are out-of-date parachutists under the two-year military parachutist in-date rule.
Answer

The percentage of parachutists within 2, 3, 7 and 9 PARA that are out-of-date in accordance with the two-year military in-date rule are provided in the following table:

Unit Percentage of trained Parachutists out-of-date
2 PARA 27
3 PARA 35
7 PARA 32
9 PARA 7

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c945W; 275232
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Army Training Parachuting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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